The more I see from this camera the more I realize that it's a dream upgrade for me. I feel bad that Olympus is having to work negative press from not having all the numbers up as people expect, but to me this camera looks amazing.

Cheers,
Seth
--
What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

The more I see from this camera the more I realize that it's a dream upgrade for me. I feel bad that Olympus is having to work negative press from not having all the numbers up as people expect, but to me this camera looks amazing.

Someone else made in another thread a nice list of everything that was great about the E-3 (and that Olympus kept in the E-3), as well as a list of things that users complained about in the E-3 (and that Olympus improved upon with the E-5).
Pretty convincing.

Cheers,
Seth
--
What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

Someone else made in another thread a nice list of everything that was great about the E-3 (and that Olympus kept in the E-3), as well as a list of things that users complained about in the E-3 (and that Olympus improved upon with the E-5).
Pretty convincing.

The more I see from this camera the more I realize that it's a dream upgrade for me.
--
wallygoots.smugmug.com
wallygoots.blogspot.com

Let that be a lesson to me and others. When the specs were leaked I said that's got to be disinformation, they can't give us that little after 3 years. Now I see the images, it's the dream upgrade for me too. Only issue is $1700 and 200 extra grams. Any chance of retrofitting the sensor and processor into an E30? I can certainly live without video.

What price would be "nice" for you? I'm suspecting that if Olympus does end up fighting uphill against negative perception ("same sensor waaaaaa") regardless of the image quality, the price will settle quite quickly to something more palatable. It seems to me that Olympus always prices high initially, then lowers rather than pricing low and maintaining. (Unlike how, for example, Nikon priced the landmark D300 quite low and it maintained its retail price for years).

I'm guessing the E-5 will be $1500 in a couple months. I expect it to be $1200 in a year. That's where I'm looking to purchase. From what I've seen, though, I'm now ready to start some serious saving toward the E-5.